The Arizona sentinel., 1887-07-30

7 the Receiver the sum of twenty-five cents per acre where the land is single | minimum, and fifty cents per acre where the land is double minimum. The Register will receive and file his declaration, and the Register and Re ceiver will jointly issue, in duplicate, a certificate (Form 4-l00) acknowl edging the receipt of the twenty-five or fifty cents per acre, as the case may be, aiid the filing of the declaration. One of these duplicates will be deliv cred to applicant; the other will be retained by the Register and Receiver with the declaration and proof They will bear a number according to the order in which the certificate was issu- ed. The Register will keepa record of the certificates issued showing the number, date, amount paid, name of applicant, and descrip ption of the land applied for in each case, and, in addi- tion, he will note the same upon his plats and records as in cases of ordina- " entry. At the end of each month he will, with his regular returns, for ward to the General Land Office an
 
 abstract of the declarations filed and certificates issued under this act du- ring the month, accompanying same with declarations and proofs filed and the retained copy of certificates retain ed in each case. The Receiver will also account for the money received under this act in the usual form.
 g. Surveys of desert land claims cannot be made in advance of the reg ular progress of the public surveys. After township has been surveyed the claim must be adjusted to the lines of the survey.
 To- Persons making desert land en tries must acquire a clear right to the use of sufficient water for the purpose of irrigating the whole of the land, and of keeping it permanently irrigated. 4 person who makes a desert land en try before he has secured water right does so at his own risk; and as one en. , try exhausts his right of entry, such right cannot be restored or exercised again because of failure to obtain wa ter to irrigate the land selected by him.
 II. The source and volume of the water supply, how acquired and how maintained, the carrying capacity of ditches, and the number and length of all dltches on each legal subdivision of the land, must be specifically shown. Applicant and witnesses must each state in full what has been done in the matter of reclamation and improve mcnt, and by whom, and must each answer fully of their own personal knowledge. the questions propounded in the final proof dispositions. They must state specifically whether they at any time saw the land efectually irrigated, for without knowledge, thus derived, the fact of reclamationremains a matter of conjecture. Case of Chas H. Schick, } L. D., l5l)
 l2. The whole tract and each legal subdivision for which proof is offered must be actually irrigated. If there are some high points or uneven surfac- es which are practically not suscepti- ble of irrigation, the nature, extent, and area of such spots must be fully stated. In this connection, the right of the water used, the quantity of it, the manner of its distribution, and the the permaneuce of the supply are all to be taken into consideration. Case of Geo. Ramsey, ) L. D., l20.)
 l3. Before final proof shall hereafter be submitted by any person claiming to enter lands under the desert land act, such person will be required to file a notice of intention to make such proof which shall be published in the same manner as required in homestead and preemption cases.
 II. Contests may he instituted against desert land entries for illegal fly or fraud in the inception of the en- try, or for failure to comply with the law after entry, or for any sufficient cause affecting the legality or validity of the claim. Contestants will be al lowed a preference right of entry for thirty days after notice of the cancel lation of the contested entry, in the same manner as in homestead and pre-